Timber Rattlers turn triple play in win over Quad Cities

GRAND CHUTE - Payton Henry doubled and singled twice, and Bowden Francis struck out nine hitters over seven innings as the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers defeated the Quad Cities River Bandits 3-1 on Tuesday at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.

Rodrigo Benoit allowed a run, but got Miguelangel Sierra to fly out with a runner on first to end the game for his sixth save of the season.

Francis (2-3) allowed three hits while walking one to get the win.

Quad Cities had a threat going in the top of the third after Ruben Castro started the inning with a double and Jake Meyers was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second with no outs. Bryan De La Cruz was next and he hit a one-hop line drive up the middle that Trever Morrison stopped clean and flipped to second to force Meyers. Castro was trapped off second and got caught in a rundown before being tagged out by Gilbert Lara. De La Cruz thought he could make second base while the Castro rundown was happening. Lara ran right at Castro and forced him to pick a base. Castro bluffed to first before turning toward second. Lara then flipped to Morrison, who put the tag on Castro to complete the third triple play in Timber Rattlers history.

Wisconsin went up 2-0 in the third after Demi Orimoloye hit an RBI single, driving in Kenny Corey.

After Wisconsin added a run in the seventh on a double by Henry, the River Bandits cut into the deficit in the ninth inning when Bryan De La Cruz hit an RBI single, driving in Ruben Castro.